Car-fender



(No Model.)

' C. A.4L DU QUESNAY.

GAR FENDER.

No. 553,186. Patented Jan. 14, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. L. DU QUESNAY, OF NEV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

CAR-FENDER.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,186, datedJanuary 14, 1896.

Application and August 2,1895. siriano. 558,041. (Nb man.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES A. L. DU QUES- NAY, a citizen of France,residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCar-Fenders, of which the following specification contains a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawin gs,in which- Figure l is a perspective of my improved car-fenderapplied andin its operative position. Fig. 2 is a detail of the sleevednut. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the forward portion of the fendershown in Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective hereinafter referredto.

My invention relates to that class of fenders which pick up the personstruck; and its 0bjects are to prevent injury to the person when struckby the fender, also to guard the person from injury when thrown backwardin the fender, to provide for the ready shifting of the fender from oneend of the car to the other, and to protect the threaded ends of theframeadjusting bars from wear.r

The invention will first bedescribed, and then specifically pointed outin the claims.

A A are standards, two of which are secured to and depend from each endof the car, said standards being braced at their lower ends by theinclined braces c a. The upper end of each standard A is provided with apair of ears or lugs A', having vertically aligned apertures to receivethe pin A2, while the lower ends of the standards are each provided witha transverse aperture ct.

B is an open rectangular frame comprising side bars B B and cross-barsB2 B2, the ends of the sidebars extending beyond the crossbars, as shownat b' b2. The upper extensions or lugs b thus formed are apertured andse cured between the ears or lugs A by means of the pins A2, whichpermit ofvertical adjustment of the lower front end of the said frame B,and the extensions b2 at the lower or outer ends of the Vside bars B areforked at their extremities. The lower portions of the side bars areprovided with rigidly-connected sleeves formed on their upper and lowersides, respectively, with lugs or ears b3 h4, the said lugs b3 beingconnected to the ends of the bar B2 by the braces b5, as clearly shownin Figs. 3 and 4.

Bs are the brace rods or bars, pivoted at their outer ends to the lugsb4 and adjustable longitudinally at their rear threaded ends through thelower apertured ends ct of the standards A by means of the nuts B4.These nuts B4 are mounted on the rods B3 in front of the standards A,and so hold the rods from mov-A ing inwardly, while permitting them tobe readily pulled out, and in order that the threads on the rods or barsB3 may not be broken or injured in being passed in and out of theapertures a I provide the nuts with long sleeves or tubes B5, (see Fig.3,) which inclose the greater portion of the threads and fully protectthem. The front end of the frame B, and with it the front end' of fenderC, may be raised or lowered into proper relation with the road-bed bysimply turning the nuts B4.

The tender proper or pick-up O consists in an open frame which is openat its front end, said fender being pivoted near the lower ends of itsside bars C O between the ears or lugs b3, so as to rock vertically onthe supporting frame B.

The fender O is held with its outer end low ermost by means of spiralsprings C. The side bars O' O of the fender C are curved upwardly attheir rear ends and then rearwardly, where they are connected by acrossbar C2 of greater length than the width of the fender, so that stopextensions c2 will be formed which are adapted to limit the downwardmovement of the inner end of the fender when a person lies thereon. Inorder to cushion the fender when so operated I place cushioningspringsbi on the side bars B of the supporting-frame to be struck by the stopsc2.

The fender is covered with netting C3, and owing to the shape of therear ends of the side bars C O, the cross-bar C2 will be entirely out ofthe way of the person caught in the net, and the rear upwardly-extendingpart of the netting will act as a pillow to prevent injury to the headand shoulders of the person.

In order that the legs of the person struck may not be broken orotherwise injured by the fender, I stretch thereacross a yieldingflexible strand O4 wholly unsupported save at its ends. This strand, asshown in Fig. l, is formed of a length of solid round rubber about oneinch in diameter. It will be seen therefore that as the open front endof the IOO fender C is provided only with this yielding eXible strand noinjury can be inflicted thereby.

The parts being in the position shown in full lines, it will be seenthat when a person is struck by the spring-controlled front strand ofthe fender said strand will yield inwardly and the person will fall uponthe fender in rear of its pivotal points, which will tilt the fenderinto ahorizontal position and thus raise its front end high eno ugh toprevent dragging of the persons feet should they hang thereover.

The head and shoulders will be protected by the rear pillow-like portionof the fender, and thus the person will be carried until the car can bestopped.

To remove the fender as a whole it is simply necessary to pullout thepins A2 and pull the rods or bars B3 out of the lower ends of thestandards, the nuts and their sleeves remaining in position on the rodsor bars.

The various rods and bars are formed of any suitable material, butpreferably tubing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A fender comprising the forwardly projecting frame adapted to besecured to the end of a car, and an inclined netted fender pivoted nearthe forward ends of its side bars to the front end of the said frame andsupported against downward movement in front of its pivotal points andadaptedto swing down within the frame in rear of its pivotal points thesaid fender being curved upwardly at its rear end to form a protectingpillow or cushion and provi'ded at the upper corners thereof withlaterally extending stops to engage the bars and limit the downwardmovement of the inner end of the fender, the forward edge of the fenderprojecting beyond the supporting frame to strike the object and cause itto fall upon the fender in rear of its pivotal point and thereby causethe rear end of the fender to tilt downwardly, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination with the supporting frame adapted to be secured atthe end of a car and provided at the outer ends of its side bars withforks or stops, of the netted fender closed at its front end by a solidrubber strand, and pivoted near its forward end to the said frame withthe outer ends of its side bars normally resting on said forks or stops,and lateral stops on the upper corners of the fender to engage the sidebars of the supporting frame when the rear end of the fender isdepressed, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a supporting frame adapted to be secured at theend of a car, and provided at the outer ends of its side bars with forksor stops, of the netted fender pivoted near its forward end to the saidframe with the outer ends of its side bars normally resting on saidforks or stops and provided at its upper rear end with lateral stopstoengage the side bars of the supporting frame when said rear end isdepressed substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the supporting frame adapted to be secured atthe end of a car and provided at the outer ends of its side bars withforks or stops and at the upper or rear ends with springs or cushions,of the vertically rockin g netted fender pivoted near its front end tothe said supporting frame with the front ends of its side arms normallyresting in saidforks or stops and having lateral stops at the rear upperends of its side bars to engage said springs or cushions when the rearend of the fender is depressed substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the supporting frame adapted to be secured tothe end of a car and provided at the outer ends of its side bars withforks or supports, and with ears just in rear thereof, of the nettedfender pivoted near its forward end between said ears and restingnormally on said forks or supports, the rear end of the'fender beingcurved upwardly and rearwardly and provided at its rear end with lateralstops to engage the rear ends of the sides of the supporting frame whendepressed substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of the supporting frame, the fender pivoted theretoand means for pivotally connecting the rear end of the frame with theend of the car, with the brace rods pivotally connected to the saidframe and extending at their rear threaded ends through apertures instandards or hangers, and nuts on the said rods provided with sleeves ortubes inclosing and protecting the screw threads where they pass throughsaid apertures substantially as set forth.

7. A fender mechanism consisting in the standards having apertured lugsor ears at their upper ends and transverse apertures through their lowerends, the open supporting frame having apertured rear ends securedbetween said ears by removable pins and the netted fender pivoted nearits forward end to the forward end of the supporting frame and normallyresting at the forward ends of its side bars on the forward ends of theframe side bars, lateral stops on the rear end of fender to engage saidframe, and the brace rods pivoted to the supporting frame and extendingat their rear threaded ends through said standard apertures and providedwith adjusting nuts in front of said standards substantially as setforth.

CHARLES A. L. DU QUESNAY.

Witnesses:

JNO. W. EMMETT, ALCIDE SALAN.

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